3rd lowest access to electricity15.6% · #3 of 209 · 2024
4th lowest doctors0.1 per 1,000 · #4 of 190 · 2022
5th lowest CO₂ per person0.1 t · #5 of 203 · 2024
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COUNTRYDUEL AFRICA
Surprising facts about Malawi
The comparisons that stand out most against its neighbours, its region and the world median.
Picked for surprise among Malawi’s neighbours, its region and the world median.
Malawi among 213 countries & territories
Each dot shows where Malawi sits between the lowest and the highest value in the world; “See it” opens the full visual against the
world median. Higher is not automatically better.
World twins
The countries most like Malawi across 12 indicators (GDP/person, Life exp., Median age, Fertility, Urban, Internet, Schooling, CO₂/person, Density, Temperature, Happiness, Obesity). Each indicator is standardised and compared by average distance; a resemblance, not a score.
Malawi
vs Mozambique 
vs Tanzania 
vs Zambia